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Unit 12: Facility Location
Answers: Self Assessment Notes
1. type 2. maximize
3. fixed, variable 4. expensive
5. proximity 6. intended market
7. economic 8. ports
9. global 10. manufacturing
11. two 12. ecological
13. Site evaluation 14. facility impact assessment
15. community
12.9 Further Readings
Books Canary, Patrick H., International Transportation Factors in Site Selection, (October
1988): 1217-1219.
Chan, Yupo, Location theory and Decision Analysis with Facility – Location and Land-
use Models, Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Publishing, 2001.
Hurter, Arthur, P., Jr., and Joseph S. Martinich, Facility Location and the Theory of
Production, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989.
Schniederjans, Marc J., International Facility Acquisition and Location Analysis,
Westport, CT: Quorum, 1999
Upendra Kachru, Production and Operations Management, Excel Books, New Delhi.
Online links www.springer.com/business/production/.../978-3-7908-2150-5
www.courseworkbank.co.uk/.../factors_affecting_location_a_business_1246/
www.economyprofessor.com/.../least-cost-location-theory.php
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